Q. As a follow-up to that, are you confident of making the cut?
MICHELLE WIE: Yeah, I think so. If I play the way I did today and a couple of putts falling in, I think I could make the cut, because I think I can shoot under par tomorrow.
Q. If you had the round to play again today, what would you do differently now?
MICHELLE WIE: I think I would work on my irons a little bit more and get them closer, not 45 feet, but like 15 feet, 30 feet at least.
Q. So if you could have a replay, that's what you would do, you would go more for the flag than you did?
MICHELLE WIE: I kind of went more for the flag but I didn't hit them the way I wanted to. So I think if I played again, I would concentrate more on my irons, getting them not more on the green but closer to the hole.
Q. What was the toughest shot you looked at all day?
MICHELLE WIE: I don't know. I think it was --
Q. The bunker shot ?
MICHELLE WIE: Yeah, the bunker shot on the par 3, that was pretty tough.
And on No. 7, the par 3 again, I went left and it was in the rough. I had a pretty tough lie there.
Q. Can you talk about the shot on 6 after the 3-putt bogey on 5 and then you're in the left rough. It looked like a pretty long way to the hole.
MICHELLE WIE: Yeah, I hit a 3-iron in the rough. But I was lying pretty good. The ball was not sitting down. It was kind of on top but sort of down. But I hit a 3-iron knock-down shot. There was nothing in front so I just rolled it up.
Q. Earlier David Ishii spoke of the significance of your success for Hawaii. From your perspective, how has Hawaii shaped and you there anything unique about this community that has put you in the position where you are?
MICHELLE WIE: I think since Hawaii is like an island, we're like all closer together. If I do good, then there's like so many supporters out there. I think just like the land shape, it's an island so we are all more closer together.
I think, yeah, there's a lot of effect on me being in Hawaii because there's a lot of support and I felt less nervous today.
Q. What will you do this afternoon?
MICHELLE WIE: I don't know. I think I'll hit some balls and then go home, hope the electricity works. (Laughter.) I think I'll rest a little, watch some TV.
Q. What program did you miss last night?
MICHELLE WIE: I don't know. I think -- I wouldn't have watched TV last night because we came home last night really late. We're in the parking lot and suddenly the lights were flickering and then it went down. And we're like: Oh, no. How are we going to cook and eat?" We were like panicking. Then we went like out to eat in a restaurant and we were gone and the lights suddenly came up. So we went back home and the lights went down again. So we went to the Chinese buffet, yeah.
Q. Given the week and where you are, are you more tired going into today's round than you had been in previous tournaments you played?
MICHELLE WIE: Yeah, I think so, because I played the Monday Pro-Am and Wednesday Pro-Am. I had a really exciting Tuesday. I think I was a little bit tired going in today, but as my adrenaline was going, I think I got less tired.
Q. What score do you feel you need to post tomorrow to make the cut?
MICHELLE WIE: I since the weather conditions are awesome, I think I have to shoot 1- or 2-under for my final score; so I think I have to shoot 4-under, 3-under. I think I can do it.
JOHN BUSH: Let's go through your birdies and bogeys, starting on No. 12.
MICHELLE WIE: No. 12, I hit a really good drive from the fairway. I hit like a kind of nine kind of softish and it went left than I wanted it, but I still had an easy putt and I made that putt. It was about 12 feet.
13, I hit a really good drive, too. But I felt like I grabbed my club too early and I kind of waited a little bit. I guess I was disturbed a little bit. I grabbed my club too early and I hit it a little right. There was a lot of sand in the bunker so I kind of fluffed it out. Then I hit a good chip and I had three-foot for a par.
Then the next hole, I hit -- oh, I hit it right into the rough and then I hit it again right into the bunker. That one I hit a really good bunker shot. It wasn't as much as sand and I hit like a 48 out of the sand. I had 9-foot for a par.
I also hit that, a really good putt; it just didn't drop. It was just right outside the edge.
No. 1, I hit a really good drive there, too. I hit a pretty good 4-iron onto the right edge, and then I knew it was fast but I hit my pitching wedge, it just went really far. It jumped out because I had a really good lie. I had about seven feet for par. Then that, again, I hit a really good putt, I hit it solid but just didn't drop.
Q. You saved 4 on par out of the bunker.
MICHELLE WIE: The hole before that, I hit out of the fairway and then I was on the green. Then I had about 45 feet. But more like 50. I hit a really good putt. It just didn't drop. I think that was the most like close to the hole that I got. It shot right on the edge.
So I think I went to the par 3 with the kind of attitude that I need to make birdie. So I just got a little anxious and I kind of pulled into the left bunker.
I hit a pretty good shot. I was like, just get on the green, have a putt for a par. And then I just made that putt. It just went in.
Q. About 20 feet?
MICHELLE WIE: Yeah, 20 feet.
No. 5, that one I 3-putted from like 60 feet I think. That was a really tricky putt because it was like a big ridge. I hit it good but I read it wrong, I guess.
6, that one I hit about 12 feet and I made that. It was an almost-straight putt.
7, I went to the left. I was really deep and I hit a really good chip shot, but I had about six feet. I hit a really good putt but I didn't make it.
9, I had a 5-wood into the par 5 and then I hit into the left bunker. And then I hit it right a little bit. But I left myself a really easy putt, straight putt and it went in, about nine feet.
Q. What was the club when you said, "I grabbed my club too early," on 13, you had about 180?
MICHELLE WIE: No. I think I had about 200. I had a 4-iron.
JOHN BUSH: Michelle, thank you for coming by and good luck tomorrow.
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